(perl-mode-syntax-table): Mark $, % and @ such that backward-sexp correctly skips them. (perl-font-lock-keywords-2): Use regexp-opt. (perl-font-lock-syntactic-keywords) (perl-font-lock-syntactic-face-function): Better handle PODs. Handle package names with ' in them and ($$) in `sub' declarations. Handle format staements. Handle regexp and quote-like ops. (perl-empty-syntax-table): New var. (perl-quote-syntax-table): New fun.